“La Vie En Rose”

Feb 9, 2007

a la Potsdamer Platz by Brian Brooks

In Berlin and handling the questions at a very packed room of journalists for their opening night film, “La Vie en Rose” (called “La Mome” outside the U.S.), French actress Marion Cotillard and director Olivier Dahan were surrounded by photogs and overly aggressive camera crews throughout the press conference Thursday afternoon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (somehow recording them sitting down must make for great television). Word in Potsdamer Platz was that Cotillard gave a dazzling performance portraying French chanteuse Edith Piaf in the dramatic–if a bit lengthy–film.